Russia’s strike on DniproHES: five days of debris removal at the plant
27 March 2024 13:56
On the fifth day after the Russian missile attack on the Dnipro hydroelectric power station, the debris is still being cleared and the equipment is still being assessed. Deputy Energy Minister of Ukraine Svitlana Hrynchuk told Radio Liberty, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
Hrynchuk said that what power engineers can restore will be repaired.
“We are looking for a replacement for the equipment that has suffered significant damage and will try to repair it as soon as possible. However, we have to understand that the enemy’s target is now, as we can see, energy sector is No. 1. Therefore, we must be prepared for different scenarios.”
– deputy Minister of Energy.
The official also said that power engineers are now doing everything possible to protect energy facilities and restore the damaged ones.
“Of course, we need to strengthen air defence, as there is no better defence than air defence, including for energy facilities. But in the complex: air defence, physical protection that we have built and are building for our facilities – all this together, we hope, will allow us to protect our facilities,”
– Hrynchuk said.
Missile strike on Dnipro hydroelectric power station
on 22 March, Russia carried out the most massive combined shelling of Ukrainian cities and facilities. In particular, DniproHES and other Ukrainian energy facilities were hit.
Ukrhydroenergo reported direct hits to HPP-1 and HPP-2.
Later it became known that eight Russian missiles had hit the Dnipro HPP. The plant is in critical condition.
In addition to the plant itself, the surrounding area, including the roadway and some other facilities, was damaged, which also affects the plant’s operation.
on 25 March, Ukrhydroenergo said that it would take years to restore DniproHES.
